Offstream
news

Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra announces a return to Thailand after 15 years of exile in the United Arab Emirates.
2023-08-2

At least 12 people are killed and more than 115 others are injured in an explosion at a fireworks warehouse in Su-ngai Kolok, Thailand.
2023-07-29

Thailand reopens its international borders for the first time in 18 months to fully vaccinated travellers from 60 countries, where they are allowed to enter the country without quarantining, despite only 42% of the country's population being fully vaccinated.
2021-11-1

Thailand begins a vaccination campaign against COVID-19 using the Sinovac CoronaVac vaccine. Government ministers and health workers are among the first to receive doses of the vaccine.
2021-02-28

Two bombs hidden in plant pots explode killing at least one person and injuring 10 others, including foreign tourists, in Hua Hin District, Thailand.
2016-08-11

Thailand and neighbouring countries suffer from the worst drought in decades as an El Niño-induced water shortage reduces reservoirs to critical levels.
2016-03-30

A 15-hour protest about police-related deaths, in Thalang on Thailand's Phuket Island in the Andaman Sea, turned into a riot when the crowd attacked the Thalang Police Station with rocks and fire bombs. Two young men were killed in a motorcycle crash while being chased by police. Fourteen police were injured, nine cars were torched, 13 others and five motorcycles damaged. While numerous people were inconvenienced by the blockade, a heart attack patient died on his way to Thalang Hospital when the ambulance couldn't get through the crowd.
2015-10-11

Thailand says it will recognize the State of Palestine during its September bid at the United Nations General Assembly.
2011-08-23

Muslim separatists in southern Thailand kill four soldiers in an attack on an army base.
2011-01-20

A Thai appeals court rules to extradite alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout to the United States; Russia expresses its disagreement with the ruling.
2010-08-20